UNB, Dhaka :
The Parliament Secretariat Commission on Wednesday approved a Tk 341.89 crore budget for Parliament to spend on its development and non-development activities for FY2022-23. The approval was given at the 33rd meeting of the Commission held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban with Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair. The budget for the next fiscal is 1.72 per cent higher than the main budget of the current financial year, which was Tk 336.14 crore.
The commission in its meeting also revised the budget for the outgoing fiscal to Tk 316.01 crore. Commission Members Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, Law, Justice, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq and Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud was present on behalf of the opposition leader in the House. Chief Whip Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury attended the meeting on special invitation.
